08/13/2026
Great information share from a fellow groomers page.
🚨 YOUR DOG ISN’T “BAD.” BUT IGNORING WHAT YOUR GROOMER IS TELLING YOU IS.
Everyone wants to hear “Your dog was perfect!”🧚🏻♀️
But not every dog is perfect for everything.🧜🏼
👉🏼Dogs are living, breathing animals. They have fears, anxiety, triggers and limits. Plenty of dogs genuinely LOVE grooming, and many dogs that struggle can improve tremendously once the right routine, handling and frequency are figured out.
But that takes groomer AND owner.☝🏼
👉🏼A dog doesn’t have to be aggressive to be physically difficult to groom. A severely anxious dog that pancakes their entire body weight, fights drying or constantly resists handling can put tremendous strain on a groomer’s hands, arms, shoulders and back.
👉🏼When a groomer repeatedly tells you your dog is struggling, they’re not insulting your dog. They’re giving you information you need to hear.
👉🏼Laughing it off, ignoring recommendations, showing up three times a year expecting things to magically improve tells your groomer something too.
👉🏼And hopping from groomer to groomer because you don’t like the feedback doesn’t change the behavior. It only changes who has to deal with it next.
👉🏼At some point, if multiple professionals are telling you the same thing, the groomer isn’t the problem.
Your groomer can work with your dog.🐾
But they can’t do the owner’s part too.👈🏼
